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Summer 2020<\/a><\/h3>
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Washington Committee Report<\/a><\/h3>
Updates Timely Access to Care The Washington Committee has supported the timely access to care by its sponsorship of the Safe Ste Act (HR 2279\/S2546) and the Seniors Timely Access to Care Act (HR 3107). \r\nFix the Medical Liability System The Washington...<\/div><\/div>\n

Education Committee: ASSFN Mentorship and Webinar Program<\/a><\/h3>
  \r\nWe are 75% through this year's mentorship program and have had three webinars. To gain buy-in to continue this program, we need to promote with the program directors\/senior partners to urge residents and fellows to enroll. We will personally...<\/div><\/div>\n

Social Media and Website Committee<\/a><\/h3>
Updates A Twitter account was established for the society and is active (@ASSFNeurosurg ). \r\n\tThe digital marketing team at the AANS have been engaged and are preparing a proposal to redesign the website and take over administration from our current...<\/div><\/div>\n

Ethics Committee<\/a><\/h3>
The working group of the ASSFN Ethics Committee has drafted a position paper that will likely be submitted to the Medicolegal issue of Neurosurgical Focus that is planned for November. The deadline for that is July 1. <\/div><\/div>\n

CNS Annual Meeting 2020 Stereotactic and Functional Content<\/a><\/h3>
Jonathan Miller, MD, FAANS; Julie Pilitsis, MD, PhD, FAANS; and I have been working with CNS Annual Meeting leaders to program the S&F content for the CNS 2020 Annual Meeting. Content from our field is well-represented at the meeting. The program...<\/div><\/div>\n

ASSFN\/SNS CAST Fellowship Review<\/a><\/h3>
\r\n\tThere are currently 42 functional fellowships , 25 of which are CAST accredited . CAST has transitioned to ABNS and is in the process of re-accrediting programs; however, 17 advertised functional fellowships are not yet accredited. All have been...<\/div><\/div>\n

Psychiatric Committee<\/a><\/h3>
The Psychiatric Committee has been focusing on improving awareness of psychiatric neurosurgery options among psychiatrists by increasing content on this topic at their national meetings, including submitting proposals to ACNS, SOBP and other psychiatric...<\/div><\/div>\n

ASSFN Biennial Meeting<\/a><\/h3>
The ASSFN 2020 Biennial Meeting was another casualty of the pandemic. To showcase the exciting developments in our field and feature the high-quality research submitted as abstracts, ASSFN hosted a Virtual Scientific Update on Sunday, June 28, 2020 via...<\/div><\/div>\n

ASSFN 2020 Spring Membership Report<\/a><\/h3>
Membership Statistics, April 2020 Type \r\n 2020 Dues \r\n 2020 Members \r\n 2019 Members \r\n 2018 Members \r\n 2017 Members \r\n Active \r\n $285 \r\n 277 \r\n 276 \r\n 277 \r\n 265 \r\n Associate \r\n $160 \r\n 41 \r\n 41 \r\n 48 \r\n 24 \r\n Medical Student \r\n \u2013 \r\n 12 \r\n 13 \r\n 7...<\/div><\/div>\n

ASSFN Resident Award Project Summary<\/a><\/h3>
Author? \r\nInhibitory control is a critical element of human cognition, making it possible to suppress or prevent undesired behaviors. Inhibitory control deficits are a core feature of neurodegenerative (e.g., Parkinson\u2019s disease, Huntington\u2019s disease) and...<\/div><\/div>\n

Medicare Coverage Approved Nationwide for Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Tremor<\/a><\/h3>
Key efforts by the ASSFN were critical to securing Medicare coverage for focused ultrasound thalamotomy for tremor (MRgFUS thalamotomy) for tremor across all 50 states. While MRgFUS thalamotomy is widely recognized by stereotactic and functional neurosurgeons...<\/div><\/div>\n

ASSFN News & Views<\/a><\/h3>
Chronic Pain and Spasticity \r\n\r\n\tMedtronic rolled out DTM\u2122 (differential target multiplexed) stimulation for their Intellis system. DTM is a high-density stimulation program that depends on using multiple simultaneous stimulation frequencies to target n...<\/div><\/div>\n

Presidential Address<\/a><\/h3>
Originally presented at the ASSFN Virtual Scientific Update on June 28, 2020. \r\nThoughts on Technology, Times and The Future or our Species: Good, Bad or Other? Thank you for the introduction, Emad. \r\nAnd thank you Emad and Sameer and the organizing...<\/div><\/div>\n

Fall\\Winter 2019-20<\/a><\/h3>
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Website Committee<\/a><\/h3>
We are in the process of considering how best to revamp the website to remain current and valuable to the membership as well as to provide a public resource for those interested in functional neurosurgery. In addition, resident members have been recruited...<\/div><\/div>\n

Washington Committee<\/a><\/h3>
A summary of key initiatives from the Washington Committee include: \r\n\r\n\tThe significant burden of preapproval and desire for reform \r\n\tSurprise billing and the risk to neurosurgery \r\n\tVoiced opposition to E&M code reduction \r\n\tReview of key insurance...<\/div><\/div>\n

Research, Education and Fellowship Committee Mentorship Program<\/a><\/h3>
The first annual ASSFN mentorship program was a success with seven graduates. We obtained feedback surveys with glowing praise of everyone's contribution to the webinars, which we have recorded and put behind the firewall as a member benefit. We have...<\/div><\/div>\n

ASSFN Membership Report<\/a><\/h3>
ASSFN Membership Statistics 10\/4\/2019 \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSubclass Code \r\nClass Code \r\n2018 Dues \r\n2019 Members \r\n2018 Members \r\n2017 Members \r\n2016 Members \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n 01S \r\n Active \r\n $285.00 \r\n 276 \r\n 290 \r\n 265 \r\n 280 \r\n 15D \r\n Associate \r\n $160.00...<\/div><\/div>\n

Guidelines Committee<\/a><\/h3>
\r\n\tDr. Gonzalez-Martinez presented the five questions that the committee is currently considering for the epilepsy guidelines. There was discussion concerning the risks of a guideline influencing the ability to obtain precertification from payors. \r\n\tAt...<\/div><\/div>\n

Annual Meeting Planning Committee<\/a><\/h3>
\r\nAANS 2020 (Boston): ASSFN members Drs. Air, Sweet, McKhann and Abosch are on the Scientific Planning Subcommittee. \r\nAANS 2020 (Boston) Monday 4\/27\/19 \r\n \r\nScientific Session: \r\n\r\nFace-off: Targeted neuromodulation has a role in primary generalized...<\/div><\/div>\n

CAST Fellowship Review Committee<\/a><\/h3>
There are currently 26 CAST-accredited functional fellowships, while 16 advertised functional fellowships are not yet accredited. Case minimums have been established for two fellowship tracks (DBS and Epilepsy). Per CAST policy, enfolded fellowships are...<\/div><\/div>\n

Bioethics Committee<\/a><\/h3>
There has been some activity on the ethics front. The Pain Section had already started gathering a group to look at the many ethical issues involved with various devices, including ones that most of us use. Many of the members of this group are also members...<\/div><\/div>\n

ASSFN Biennial Meeting Committee<\/a><\/h3>
The ASSFN Biennial Meeting will be held June 20-23, 2020, in Boston. This meeting promises to continue the tradition of featuring the best clinical and basic research efforts of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. For the first time, ASSFN is partnering...<\/div><\/div>\n

CNS 2019 Highlights<\/a><\/h3>
Saturday, October 19 \r\n\r\n\tFunctional Neurosurgery Update: Emerging Concepts Ellen Air, Casey Halpern and John Rolston moderated the functional neurosurgery update. Faculty included Aviva Abosch, Raag Airan, Nicholas M. Barbaro, Stephan Chabardes,...<\/div><\/div>\n

Editor's Report<\/a><\/h3>
Welcome to the Fall 2019 edition of the ASSFN newsletter. With the assistance of Stephanie Cowart, communications specialist for the AANS, the ASSFN is transitioning to an online, interactive format. The new format will make articles easier to navigate...<\/div><\/div>\n

Chair's Message<\/a><\/h3>
Greetings to all ASSFN members. It is my privilege to provide an update on the state and on goings of our vibrant society. The executive council (myself, Joe Neimat (VP) and Andre Machado (Sec-Treasurer) along with entire Board of Directors, met during...<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRecent Articles - American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsletters.aans.org\/assfn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Recent Articles - American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/newsletters.aans.org\/assfn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-04-28T13:59:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsletters.aans.org\\\/assfn\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newsletters.aans.org\\\/assfn\\\/\",\"name\":\"Recent Articles - 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